Joe Roman & The White Angels in Band Practice

(This fanfic's about a ROCK-TV series called Band Practice, simular to MTV's Real World. This story will be written in script form).

(Music's heard outside a studio)
RAY:
Hi, I'm Ray Walters, Pacific recording artist & star of Florida Beach 35410. Welcome to Band Practice. Tonight, you'll meet the hottest combo rock/jazz/pop band, The White Angels.
You'll learn about this 9 piece combo & follow them through their lives. Follow me, camera crew.

(The camera crew follows Ray into the studio where they are practicing. The band's finishing a song with Eric playing tympani.)

FRANK:
Hold it! (Music stops) Eric, you think we could have one number without a tympani piece?
ERIC:
No, I like to play because my muscles get
stronger. (Eric shows off his muscles, then
plays tympani drum roll). I bet you girls who
are watching are screaming right now.
BAND: ERIC!
(The band argues over the arrangement.)
RAY:
These guys really get along, though Eric's the Homer Simpson of the band. Let's follow the band members.
(We find Ralph Andretti with wife Heather & son Ranny,
watching a hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers
& the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.)
RALPH:
My family enjoys going to hockey games. I find
the game exciting to watch. One of the coolest
honors was getting to play the stadium organ
in an intermission set.
(Ushers come to tell Ralph something & Ralph leaves his seat to go with them. They take Ralph to where the stadium organ is & finds the organist going @ it.)
RALPH: This is really cool!
(The end of the 1st period comes as Ralph sits down on the organ.)
PA ANNOUNCER:
The Philadelphia Flyers now present for your 1st intermission entertainment.
From The White Angels, organist Ralph Andretti.

(Fans cheer as Ralph plays a funky organ solo & fans see Ralph playing on the monitor.)
RALPH:
(Thinking) (Fans ask me why I don't play piano.
I tell them I'm use to double keys & that I can do many things on the organ.)
(Ralph plays another song & this time sings.)
(The next scene's @ Jason's apartment where he's
sitting on his balcony playing bass guitar.)
JASON:
This is my quiet time when I'm not with the band.
Being married & having 2 girls made me a family man.
(Jason & his 2 daughters are in the apartment pool swimming.)
JASON:
(I love my two girls very much. They adore me even though I only play bass.)
(Jason's in the girls' bedroom as he plays his bass & raps them to sleep.)
JASON:
The girls love to hear me rap & sometimes sing.
But I was really hurt about losing that high school talent show, just because of my color.
(Shows footage of Jason's high school performance rapping & playing bass.)
(Next scene has Bart jogging @ a park.)
BART:
When I'm not with the band, I like to keep my
body in shape. I jog, swim & workout all I
can. Joe & I are the hunks of the band.
(At band practice)
BART:
Hey Frank, who's the Mr. Universe of The White Angels?
(Bart & Joe flex their muscles comparing their bodies.
Eric butts in playing a snare drum roll.)
BART & JOE: ERIC!
ERIC:
Hey, I could be part of this too! (Eric flexes his muscles.)
(Bart's in the studio playing his tenor sax.)
BART:
(I've always believed in myself & knew that I would get somewhere with music. Playing the sax relaxes me.)
BART:
Why I also play the guitar? When I was in high school jazz band, I had to double on 2 instruments. So my brother taught me how to play the guitar.
(Bart plays the guitar & sings a song during band practice.)
BART:
In the band, I only play rhythm guitar because I respect Joe Roman's talent as a guitarist.
But Joe lets me get one guitar solo in a set.
To my loyal fan Johnny Austin, enjoy.
(Bart plays a super guitar solo.)
(Eric's in the studio wearing Guts while playing tympani.)
ERIC: (I may be crazy, but I'm cool!)
ERIC: I'm often asked why I like playing tympani.
For fans out there, The Beach Dudes inspired me.
I'm friends with their drummer-tympanist. A lot of people also remember me as a teen male model. This is my favorite cover, me in Guts surrounded by bikini babes giving me kisses.
(Eric plays a drum solo.)
ERIC:
Frank realized I had potential when he saw me playing the drums @ the park. He really turned my life around. Everyone in the band has their creative turn. On the upcoming CD, I play a song I wrote entitled Eric's Power.
(Eric plays a tympani solo with Joe playing heroic music on his electric guitar.)
(On the streets of Philadelphia, we find Joe driving a ninja motorcycle. As Joe drives, he thinks...)
JOE: (When I'm not playing guitar, I drive my motorcycle to relax. A long time ago, my brother Matt & his band Triple Pepperoni, did a cool song.)
(Shows clip of Joe & Matt singing Motorcycle Brothers.)
JOE:
I'm considered the rebel of the band. I'm the lead singer & have a 5:00 shadow beard.
However, Ben & Fred also drive motorcycles as well.
(At home, he practices his guitar with his kid, Scott Roman, jams with him by strumming along.)
SCOTT: You're great, Daddy!
JOE: Folks, 10 years from now, meet the future guitarist, Scott Roman.
(Joe in the studio.)
JOE:
Fans notice my Washborn guitar. One asked me if I was inspired by Scott Bayer & I was.
(Shows clip of Scott Bayer playing the same guitar in his 80's sitcom.)
JOE: Frank & I have been best friends & share our love for jazz.
(Joe plays a cool guitar solo.)
JOE:
I'm also the lead singer of the band. Frank prefers me playing guitar while singing instead of holding a mike. He tells me I'm part of the team that way. Frank also had the guys take singing lessons so they could lead sing. I guess Frank could never play the trumpet & sing @ the same time.
(Ben & Fred are in the studio. Ben playing vibes, Fred on marimba.)
BEN:
(Fred & I have to fight for attention to play with the band. There's hardly any songs that call for the vibes &/or marimba. So Fred & I play our own arrangements.)
FRED:
(Our big moment is when we play our original tune, Tropical Breezes. Ben & I each get to solo, Ben joins me playing marimba, we switch instruments, then Ben comes back to his vibes & we both play vibes.)
BEN:
When I was in high school & the director introduced me to the vibes, he showed me that it could be a cool instrument to play. At one point, I wore my Guts playing vibes on the beach shore just to attract babes. I can play jazz, pop & rock on the vibes. Check this pic out of Fred I got.
(Shows a pic of Fred in basketball uniform playing marimba.)
FRED:
The marimba's a pretty awesome instrument. I even wrote a song that won me a percussion contest. Back in San Antonio, I played marimba in various mariachi bands.
(Shows clip of Fred in a band @ the Riverwalk.)
FRED: When I saved enough money, I moved to Philly to play in my cousin's band. I won a place in the band & Ben's heart as well as Frank's ear. Check this pic of Ben I got.
(Shows pic of Ben in football uniform playing the vibes.)
(Franks plays trumpet.)
FRANK:
(I like being the leader. All my musical life, I've was placed in the horn section, unimportant to the band. But now, I'm a leader.)
(Joe joins in playing guitar.)
FRANK: Joe's been my best friend since we were 14.
(At Frank's house, he helps his son on a school project.)
FRANK:
When we were doing an orphans' show educating them about music as a super hero band, Michael melted my heart when he called me Daddy. I ended up adopting Michael. He gets along with Joe's son Scott. When Michael gets good on trumpet, we'll have another generation of musicians.
(Frank plays a duet with Victoria & after the song, they kissed.)
VICTORIA:
(Frank's a hunk! He's really a gentleman who lets me play trumpet as well.)
(Victoria plays trumpet solo.)
VICTORIA:
Right now, I'm attending college to finish my senior year. Then I'll join Frank's band. We hit it off when we first met @ Jersey Beach. I've played trumpet since high school.
(Back @ the studio, the band plays a pop number. Frank & Victoria play a trumpet duet, Bart a sax solo, Ben a vibes solo, Fred a marimba solo, Ralph an organ solo, Joe a guitar solo, Jason a bass solo & Eric a drums solo. The band puts a finish as Band Practice ends.)


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